If any of you are in the Los Angeles or Ventura County areas this weekend, I would note for your attention that the annual Wings Over Camarillo airshow will be held tomorrow and Sunday. Gates open at 9:00 with plenty of static displays of big planes, little planes, helicopters, ultralights, private planes, private jets, warbirds — including those at the SoCal Commemorative Air Force museum where I’ll be working all weekend.
Yesterday we were staging planes all over the place.
Our P-51, with our PT-19 trainer behind it.
Our Hellcat.
One of our SNJ trainers, with our C-46 transport “China Doll” behind it.
Our PBJ (Marine Corps variant of the B-25) which should be flying for next year’s airshow. It’s been in the process of being restored from the ground up for a couple of years now, but is getting close to being ready to fly again.
Flying will run from noon through 4:30 each afternoon, and you’ll see several of our CAF planes being flown by my friends there. The weather’s looking great (77° on Saturday, 76° on Sunday, partly cloudy) so don’t forget your sunscreen. There will be plenty of places to get food and drink, including of course the Beer Garden (also serving margaritas) at the CAF hanger. (It’s a big annual fundraiser for us, as the finance officer, I would love to see you stop by for an adult beverage.) There will be plenty of souvenirs and other items to buy, including of course all of the T-shirts, hats, pins, toys, coffee mugs, decals, bumper stickers, key chains, and so on at the CAF PX. (Get a hat and a T-shirt to wear with style while drinking your adult beverage.) Rumor has it (it’s twue! it’s twue!) that at the CAF hanger you can also purchase rides in a PT-19 trainer, SNJ trainer, or even that P-51! (You can also purchase on online any time. Just sayin’.)
You get the picture. Even if you’re not in the area and can’t get to our airshow this weekend, there’s bound to be one near you this weekend or soon. Go, they’re a ton of fun.
If you get out to Camarillo, stop by and I hope I get to see you.
[Side note — no, your monitor isn’t fading, those pictures are overexposed just a tad. This is because some knucklehead forgot to check the settings on the camera and left it as it had been in manual mode while shooting pictures of the “supermoon” eleven days earlier. Stupid human. On the other hand, I found the effect sort of dreamy and mysterious as opposed to a major screwup. Lemons, meet lemonade!]
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